. A history of British birds . ACC1PITRES. WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. Hall^etus albicilla (Linnaeus*). THE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. Halimetus albicilla. Hall^eetus, Savignyf.— Beak elongated, strong, straight at the base, curvingin a regular arc in advance of the cere to the tip, and forming a deep hook. The * Yultur albiulla (misprint), Linnseus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 123 (1766).f Systeme des Oiseaux de lEgypte et de la Syne, p. 8 (1810).VOL. I. E 2G fal< hxiiu:. upper ridge broad and rather flattened. Edges of the maxilla slightly pro-minent behind the commencement of the hook. Nost
. A history of British birds . ACC1PITRES. WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. Hall^etus albicilla (Linnaeus*). THE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. Halimetus albicilla. Hall^eetus, Savignyf.— Beak elongated, strong, straight at the base, curvingin a regular arc in advance of the cere to the tip, and forming a deep hook. The * Yultur albiulla (misprint), Linnseus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 123 (1766).f Systeme des Oiseaux de lEgypte et de la Syne, p. 8 (1810).VOL. I. E 2G fal< hxiiu:. upper ridge broad and rather flattened. Edges of the maxilla slightly pro-minent behind the commencement of the hook. Nostrils large, transverse, andof a lunate shape. Wings ample; the fourth quill-feather the longest. Legshaving the tarsi half-feathered; the front of the naked part scutellated, and thesides and back reticulated. Toes divided to their origin; the outer one versa-tile. Claws strong and hoiked, grooved beneath; that of the hind toe largerthan that of the inner, which again exceeds that of the others. As a British species the White-tailed, Cinereous or Sea-Eagle, is much more
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